Example sentences of "[that] [noun] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The catalyst for the leadership contest was Keating 's revelation on May 30 that Hawke had made a secret promise in November 1988 to resign as Prime Minister in favour of Keating after the 1990 election . |
| 2 | Further indications that vegetables had won a respected place in the English diet can be found in Hannah Glasse 's delightful The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy , published in 1747 . |
| 3 | And , most attractive of all , we see that Norfolk has gained a new and glittering addition to its night class line-up , with the news that NICK CAVE is to share his knowledge of advanced badminton with the good folk of East Anglia . |
| 4 | He moved behind the dog as he spoke , and Theda could see that Hector had caught a front foot in a trap . |
| 5 | As she slipped into the water beside them Rachel was aware that David had thrown a large orange ball into the pool before jumping in himself , and within seconds she found herself part of a noisy , boisterous game of water hand-ball . |
| 6 | I was glad to hear from Richard , with whom we spent a very satisfying week in August , that David has found a new girl-friend — Sally too , I believe — and that they both seem to have survived the breakup . |
| 7 | I heard this morning on Sky that DOL had had a successful comeback in the reserves . |
| 8 | This is not to deny that Volvo has made a significant innovation in work organisation and production technology , but it is one evolutionary step and not a revolution . |
| 9 | On Oct. 1 the United States cut off economic and military aid , worth between US$564 million and $578 million in 1991 , following renewed fears that Pakistan had developed a nuclear weapon . |
| 10 | In October 1990 the USA had suspended military aid following fears that Pakistan had developed a nuclear weapon [ see pp. 37764 ; 38289 ] . |
| 11 | Defence counsel stated that Adams had made a full admission . |
| 12 | At other times they claimed that Kylie had negotiated a one million dollar contract to return to Neighbours — a story which Kylie described as wildly untrue . |
| 13 | Taiwanese newspapers reported on Nov. 19 that Taiwan had obtained a long-awaited agreement from the French government to purchase 60 Mirage 2000-5 jet fighter aircraft and 1,000 short- and medium-range missiles from French companies for an estimated US$3,800 million [ see p. 39095 for reported French approval of deal in September ] . |
| 14 | I am sure that Arcic has had a new encouragement to continue . ’ |
| 15 | For example , in Nicaragua the United States denied that Nicaragua had made a valid declaration under Article 36 ( 2 ) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice . |
| 16 | Scopes had broken the law and so lost his case , but many Americans believed that Darrow had won a moral victory . |
| 17 | One was the awful unfairness of it all , as it really had n't been her fault that Ethel had cast a bad spell on the broomstick she had lent to Mildred , thus ruining the display . |
| 18 | Retiring chairman Phillipa Burrow told the Association 's annual dinner at Torquay that Packard had made a significant contribution , both regionally and nationally , to the Association 's educational , training and personal development issues . |
| 19 | On July 8 the Russian President Boris Yeltsin had announced at a press conference in Munich after talks with leaders of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38990 ] that Russia had made a political decision to withdraw an estimated 130,000 troops from the Baltic states , and that an agreement " on a schedule for the withdrawal of troops for the second half of this year and for 1993 " would be signed " soon " . |
| 20 | He was opposed by Corazon Aquino ( the widow of the country 's most prominent opponent of the Marcos regime until his murder in 1983 — see pp. 32517-18 ) , and although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 21 | Although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 22 | Reports on Jan. 22 said that Mubarak had sent a personal envoy to hold talks with Kadhafi . |
| 23 | It was held that Butterworth had suffered a total failure of consideration and was entitled therefore to the return from Kingsway Motors of his purchase price . |
| 24 | It is conceivable that Kim had spent a brief period with the CCP at Yenan in the later 1930s . |
| 25 | The astonishing economic achievements of the golden years led many to conclude that capitalism had undergone a qualitative transformation — that the bad old days of slumps and class antagonisms had been transcended for ever . |
| 26 | This was due to the fact that Wilkinson had invented a boring mill in 1774 which could bore out cannons to very fine limits . |
| 27 | The bottom line is , of course , that Yorkshire have signed a fine cricketer who is good enough to do well wherever he is either on or off the field . |
| 28 | Granted that psychologists have described a whole taxonomy of memory , procedural and declarative , episodic and semantic , working and reference , should one expect similar underlying biochemical and cellular changes to be involved in each , or would every form of memory have its own special biochemistry ? |
| 29 | You would presumably have been aware that Skelton had undergone a tremendous expansion on its south side ? |
| 30 | The ‘ brewing ’ ( sic ) group 's might organ , Twitbread News , informs me that Twitters have made a special award to Paul McCartney as ‘ Scouse Personality of the Year ’ . |